I don’t understand anything congress does. They sure don’t abide by what 80% of Americans want, I.e., NO horse slaughter. If you’d like to learn about what happens when slaughter comes to town, i suggest you visit http://www.kaufmanzoning.net.
I guess it’s all about political contributions and lobbying…..

Be honest. Republicans advocate killing horses at slaughter because they voted down this amendment? Really? Why don’t you highlight the fact that the Democratic Party runs California and the CHRB and investigates all the horse deaths there, including the 7 Baffert horse sudden cardiac deaths; the state of New Jersey is run by Democratic legislature and all the horse issues there; the City and State of New York are predominantly Democratic Party and all the horse deaths in NY State? I could go on and on. This is not about political parties. It is about the horse racing culture and business, and the failure to put the horses’ health and safety ahead of making a buck especially in light of the fact that horses don’t decide their own fate. Neither political party has clean hands, blogger. And posting this as you did is dishonest, or maybe just bias? Better to serve the education of horse lovers to be less subjective.

If you will take a closer look at the post, you will see it is a cross-post from TheHill.com, who reports the goings on in Washington. It is their headline not ours; it is their report that we are reporting.

Because of the tie, the chairman cast the decider who just so happens to be a Kentucky Republican. Perhaps that is why the writer decided to title it the way she did.

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